Wave and tide motor



Mar. 3.V 1925.

1,528,165 P. PASQUARIELLO wAvE AND 'MDE MOTOR Filed sept. 29, v1924 4 sheets-sheet 1 A Mar. 3, 1925.

1,528,165 P. PASQUARIELLO WAVE AND TDE MOTOR Filed Sent. 29. 1924 P. PASQUARIELLO WAVE AND TIDE AMOTOR Mar. 3, 1925.

'Fi'led sent. 29,. 1924 4' sheets-sheet s IIIA y Mar. 3, 1,925.-

- P. PASQUARELLC WAVE AND TIDE MOTOR Filed Sept. 29,' 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Mar.v 3, A192.5.

UNITED STATES PASQUALE rAsQUA'RInLLdory HIGHwooD, ooNNEc'ricU'r.

Y WAVE AND yTrini .iviofroa Application med september 29, 1924. serial No. 740,504.v

To all whomy t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PAsQ'UALr. PASQUA- RiiiLLo, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Highwood, in the county of New Haven and State gif-Connecticut, have iiivented a new and useful Improvement in Wave and Tide Motors; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to he a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, iii--H Fig. 1 a perspective view of a wave and tide motor constructed in accordance with my invention. i

Fig. 2 an enlarged, diagraminatical view, partly in section, of the float-supporting frame and connections therewith.

Fig. 3 a view, partly iii section, illustrat-` ing one of the wave-floats and its connection with the driving mechanism of the device. Fig. 4 an enlarged, plan view, showing the sprocket-mountings at the head; of the device' and connections therewith.

Fig. 5 a plan view of one of the beveled gears, showing the ratchetmechanism.

Fig. 6 a broken, vertical, central section of the upper part of the apparatus.

This invention relates to improvement in wave and tide motors, the object being a simple arrangement of parts, whereby bothV the waves and tides may be utilized to de-k velop an electric generator, and the invention consists in the details of construction and arrangement of parts as will' be hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims. f

In carrying out my invention,fI employ a vertically-arranged post 10, suitably anchored in the water below the low point of low tide. to each of its four sides are iiXed vribs 61 which forni under-cut grooves 11 for the reception of vertically-movable travelers 12. The device consists of four uniform series of parts, and a description of one side of the device will give a clear understanding of the complete structure. .Pivotally connected with the outer end ofthe traveler 12 is a link 13, tlieupper end ofwhich is reduced in diameter to form a spindle 14 around which is av sleeve 15 on which are mounted differential ratchet-gears 16 and 17 and at the upper end is fixed a bevel-gear This is a rect-angular post, and

V18. The ratchet-gears 16 and 17 and the term ratchet-gear? as hereinafter used, may be of any well-known construction, one form being particularly illustrated in Fig. 5, in Awhich Jfriction-rollers 18L are employed. Fixtending transversely through the link 13 and fixed to it, is a shaft 19, the ends of which enter tubular sockets 20 connected in cornerblocks 21 and on the shaft between the Vsockets 20,'and on opposite sides of the links are sleeves 22 and 23. Fixed to the sleeve 23 is a pinion 2,4 meshing with the ratchet-gear '16, and fixed to the sleeve 22 is a bevel-gear 25, meshing with the ratchetgear 17, and connected with each of the sleeves 22 and'23 are boat-like floats 26 and 27. v The upper end of the link is formed with an eye 28 for mounting uponl a pin 29 mounted at the lower end ofthe counterlink 30, on which is a sleeve 31, and mounted on 'the sleeve are differential ratchetgears 32 and 33, the gear l33 meshing with upper end of the link 30 is. mounted on'a y stud B6 supported by a head 37 land carrying double bevel-gears y38 meshing with a bevel 'ratchet-gear39 fixed,l to a vertical shaft 40, which extends upward through a platform 41 and carries a ratchet-gear 42.

meshing with a centralgear 43which is connected with a large driving-gearl 44,

meshing with aV gear 45 connected with a bevel-gear 46,' meshing with Va bevel-gear 47 on ashaft'48 carrying a conical pulley 62 connectedv by la belt 63 with a Vconical Vpulley16j4 for adjustably. driving .a vpulley 65 which carries a belt 66 to drive the main shaft 67 of a standard electric generator.

Mounted on the pin 29 is a circular rack 49 and this rack is connected by a stem 50y with a ball-float 51. e, Y

A head 69 supports a, horizontal shaft 52, and on this shaft are two sprocket-collars 53 and 54, on which are mounted l' ratchet-gears, 55 and 56, which mesh with a ratchet-pinion 57 on the shaft 40. Over the sprocket-collars 53 and 54 'are chains 58 and 59, the ends of the chains being connected withv the travelers 12, andV supporting counter-balancing weights 60.`

The operation of the device is as follows:

The floats 26 and 27 will rock under the action of the waves, and this rocking movement turns the sleevesr22 and 23, turning the pinions 24C and 25, andi when moved 1n either direction will move the ratchet-gears 16 and 17 in one direction, but free to turn in the opposite direction. These-ratchetgears 16 and 17 turn the sleeve 22 and hence the gear 18; this gear 18 turns the double pinion 34 so as to turn the ratchet-gear 33 on the sleeve 31 and hence turn the pinion 35; this pinion turnsthe double bowel-gears "38,1.meshing with the ratchet-gear .39 fixed to the shatlO-and through a train of gears z drives the electric generator.

y As the tide rises and=falls, the floats 51, through the rack 19, turn lthe ratchet-gear 32 on the ...sleeve 31,` and hence through the gear impart ,movement to the` driving-gear 4. is

; the tiderises, the fioats 51 rise, and through ithe connections with the links 12% lifts the and the ratchet-pinion 57 and applying power to the driving-gear L14. Then the tide falls, the floats `drop with it, and the lparts `assume their previous positions to operate byany wave movement and in any state of the tide, and the boat-iioats are 1n position tooperate Aby any wave movement,-.-thus, theorce of theA tide and waves is utilized as a driving mechanism for an electric y generator.

I claim:

1. Awave and tide motor comprising a kvertically-arranged` post, travelers verticallymova-ble thereon, an `adjustable frame [supported by said travelers, saidA frame carrying a plurality of boat-like 1ioats, the movement ot which imparts rotary move- .menttoa gear, and, through a series of gears, with a drivingfgear.

extensible, l rectangular 'ilioats supported thereby, connections oper 2. A wave and tide, motor Lcomprising an frame, Y boat-like ated by said iioats Jfor turning a drivinggear, a series of ball-.Ho ats, and connections between the same and the said driving-gear.

3. A wave and tide motor comprising a vertioally-arranged post, a series of tr-aveh ers guided for vertical movement on said post, a plurality of sections around said post, each comprising a link pivoted at its lower end with said traveler, and at its upper end to 4a pin, the said linkpcarrying a sleeve, differential. gears mounted on said sleeve, and a ratchet-gear on the upper end of said sleeve, a horizontal shaft supported by said link, sleeves on said sha-ft on opposite sides of the link, a float connectedwith each sleeve,and a ratchet-gear also connected with said sleeves` andk meshing with the differential gears on the link, a complementary link coupled with the pin at the upper end of the {irst link, a complementary sleeve on said complementary'link, differential gears at the lower end of said sleeve, an intermediate gear between the gears at the adjacent ends of the said links, a ratchet gearfat the upper end of the said complementary sleeve, a driving-gear and a train of gears moved bythe ratchet-gear at the upperend ot' the complementary link.

L1. A wave and tide motor comprising a vertically-arranged post, travelers guided for .vertical movement thereon, tide and wave operating-means connected ,with said travelers, a head at the upper end of said post, ratchet sleeves supported by said head, chains connected with said travelers and eX- `tending` over said sprocket-sleeves and supporting 3eounter-balancingv weights, and gearingl between said sleeve and a driving gear.

Intestimony whereof, I havesigned this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PASQUALE PASQARIELLO. lVitnesses FREDERIC C. EARLE,

MALCOLM P. NICHOLS. 

